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* ButtMonkey: Mary went through a period of making bad choices and having lots of bad things happen to her, mostly during Season 4 and 5 but arguably up to the end of the series. Apparently, it was not enough that [[spoiler: she gets hit by a car in the first season's two-part finale, injuring her knee]], but every time her basketball ambitions seem to be taking off, something happens to throw a wrench in the works. She's also portrayed as though basketball is the only thing holding her together, to the point that [[spoiler: when the girls' team vandalizes the gym, Mary is apparently so unable to cope with the aftermath that she ends up hanging out with a wild crowd, bouncing from one dead-end job to the next, and eventually being sent to Buffalo.]] Her relationships have a habit of going down the tubes, too, right up to [[spoiler: her husband Carlos, from whom she almost immediately separates. She gets back with him and they have twin girls, but her family is next to ignored for the rest of the PostScriptSeason.]] In general, Mary Camden seemed never to be allowed to be happy or successful at anything, possibly because of Creator/JessicaBiel rebelling against the show's clean image when posing topless for Gear Magazine.
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* BrokenAesop: Quite a few of the show's lessons don't hold up to scrutiny.
** Season 3's "Johnny Get Your Gun", where Eric and Annie tell 7-year-old Ruthie ''she's not allowed to play pretend anymore''...because it might lead to her confusing fantasy with reality, [[InsaneTrollLogic and then killing someone]]. Really.
** Another example would be "Tunes". In the episode, the show attempts to have an equality message about women, though in the process, the message itself becomes muddled because the show also intermixes a "rap music causes misogyny" message in the same episode. In short (for full details, see YMMV page under "Designated Hero"), ''7th Heaven'' states that women should be equal to men, which in itself is a great message, and that hip hop shouldn't be listened because of the message it conveys about how to treat women. However, while an equality message would work if the episode were written better, the message becomes broken ''twice'' over because of the way female characters were written in the past, as well as its rap message. In earlier seasons, Lucy and Mary were depicted as boy crazy, and later became shrill stereotypes of female characters in later seasons (though both were exalted because they were great mothers and wives), while many career women were frequently depicted as selfish, rude, uncaring, and often in the wrong. Additionally, John Hamilton (Matt's then-roommate/friend) calls out a doctor after the latter asked him to simply put rap music on during a surgery, calling it "prejudicial" that the doctor would assume him, being black, would be all for it; Matt also states that people shouldn't listen to hip hop because it causes more ignorance about the plights of women (to be specific, he says "Ignorance is the enemy"). However, that statement becomes cracked because the whole episode is basically an excuse to rip on rap listeners and the hip-hop genre, thus the show becoming prejudicial towards them, and if the writers did their homework, they would know that there are numerous ''female'' rappers and tons of ''women'' who listen to rap music themselves. As a result, the writers come off as both ignorant ''and'' prejudicial towards both women and rap listeners.
** In most episodes, Annie and Eric attempt to teach their kids that they can't get their way because they want to, and have to work towards it. However, at the same time, in numerous instances, both are granted their wishes without much work or in RealLife, wouldn't happen. For example, in "Red Tape", when Annie attempts to return her daughter Mary's (wrecked) sweater to the store, the cashier states the store doesn't offer returns, but after Annie gets angry and tells the woman off for the said policy, the cashier gives a CharacterFilibuster about the decline in American department stores (because of shoplifting and the like). After, Annie realizes her mistake but still asks the cashier for a refund, which she graciously gives her, completely disregarding the store's policy.
** What about how frequently Eric, a ''reverend'', gets involved in police business with their consent, though in RealLife, this would be a big no-no (especially in domestic matters). Really? And the show still promotes that you can't get everything even if you ask for it? Or maybe the {{Aesop}} is that ''kids'' cannot always get what they want, but ''adults'' can.
** A season 9 episode involving poverty and hunger tried to convey the message that "hunger can happen to anyone". However, as a recapper on TelevisionWithoutPity pointed out that the message seems to be that "it's poor people's fault that they are hungry; [[InformedPoverty that despite being well-groomed and owning expensive clothes, hair and skin products, and jewelry, people can still be so poor that they can't afford to eat for days at a time]]; and people only want food because it will improve their social standing or get them good grades." [[http://www.brilliantbutcancelled.com/show/7th-heaven/hungry/14/ This is part of the review]].
* ButtMonkey: Mary went through a period of making bad choices and having lots of bad things happen to her, mostly during Season 4 and 5 but arguably up to the end of the series. Apparently, it was not enough that [[spoiler: she gets hit by a car in the first season's two-part finale, injuring her knee]], but every time her basketball ambitions seem to be taking off, something happens to throw a wrench in the works. She's also portrayed as though basketball is the only thing holding her together, to the point that [[spoiler: when the girls' team vandalizes the gym, Mary is apparently so unable to cope with the aftermath that she ends up hanging out with a wild crowd, bouncing from one dead-end job to the next, and eventually being sent to Buffalo.]] Her relationships have a habit of going down the tubes, too, right up to [[spoiler: her husband Carlos, from whom she almost immediately separates. She gets back with him and they have twin girls, but her family is next to ignored for the rest of the PostScriptSeason.]] In general, Mary Camden seemed never to be allowed to be happy or successful at anything, possibly because of Creator/JessicaBiel rebelling against the show's clean image when posing topless for Gear Magazine.
** Season 3's "Johnny Get Your Gun", where Eric and Annie tell 7-year-old Ruthie ''she's not allowed to play pretend anymore''...because it might lead to her confusing fantasy with reality, [[InsaneTrollLogic and then killing someone]]. Really.
** Another example would be "Tunes". In the episode, the show attempts to have an equality message about women, though in the process, the message itself becomes muddled because the show also intermixes a "rap music causes misogyny" message in the same episode. In short (for full details, see YMMV page under "Designated Hero"), ''7th Heaven'' states that women should be equal to men, which in itself is a great message, and that hip hop shouldn't be listened because of the message it conveys about how to treat women. However, while an equality message would work if the episode were written better, the message becomes broken ''twice'' over because of the way female characters were written in the past, as well as its rap message. In earlier seasons, Lucy and Mary were depicted as boy crazy, and later became shrill stereotypes of female characters in later seasons (though both were exalted because they were great mothers and wives), while many career women were frequently depicted as selfish, rude, uncaring, and often in the wrong. Additionally, John Hamilton (Matt's then-roommate/friend) calls out a doctor after the latter asked him to simply put rap music on during a surgery, calling it "prejudicial" that the doctor would assume him, being black, would be all for it; Matt also states that people shouldn't listen to hip hop because it causes more ignorance about the plights of women (to be specific, he says "Ignorance is the enemy"). However, that statement becomes cracked because the whole episode is basically an excuse to rip on rap listeners and the hip-hop genre, thus the show becoming prejudicial towards them, and if the writers did their homework, they would know that there are numerous ''female'' rappers and tons of ''women'' who listen to rap music themselves. As a result, the writers come off as both ignorant ''and'' prejudicial towards both women and rap listeners.
** In most episodes, Annie and Eric attempt to teach their kids that they can't get their way because they want to, and have to work towards it. However, at the same time, in numerous instances, both are granted their wishes without much work or in RealLife, wouldn't happen. For example, in "Red Tape", when Annie attempts to return her daughter Mary's (wrecked) sweater to the store, the cashier states the store doesn't offer returns, but after Annie gets angry and tells the woman off for the said policy, the cashier gives a CharacterFilibuster about the decline in American department stores (because of shoplifting and the like). After, Annie realizes her mistake but still asks the cashier for a refund, which she graciously gives her, completely disregarding the store's policy.
** What about how frequently Eric, a ''reverend'', gets involved in police business with their consent, though in RealLife, this would be a big no-no (especially in domestic matters). Really? And the show still promotes that you can't get everything even if you ask for it? Or maybe the {{Aesop}} is that ''kids'' cannot always get what they want, but ''adults'' can.
** A season 9 episode involving poverty and hunger tried to convey the message that "hunger can happen to anyone". However, as a recapper on TelevisionWithoutPity pointed out that the message seems to be that "it's poor people's fault that they are hungry; [[InformedPoverty that despite being well-groomed and owning expensive clothes, hair and skin products, and jewelry, people can still be so poor that they can't afford to eat for days at a time]]; and people only want food because it will improve their social standing or get them good grades." [[http://www.brilliantbutcancelled.com/show/7th-heaven/hungry/14/ This is part of the review]].
* ButtMonkey: Mary went through a period of making bad choices and having lots of bad things happen to her, mostly during Season 4 and 5 but arguably up to the end of the series. Apparently, it was not enough that [[spoiler: she gets hit by a car in the first season's two-part finale, injuring her knee]], but every time her basketball ambitions seem to be taking off, something happens to throw a wrench in the works. She's also portrayed as though basketball is the only thing holding her together, to the point that [[spoiler: when the girls' team vandalizes the gym, Mary is apparently so unable to cope with the aftermath that she ends up hanging out with a wild crowd, bouncing from one dead-end job to the next, and eventually being sent to Buffalo.]] Her relationships have a habit of going down the tubes, too, right up to [[spoiler: her husband Carlos, from whom she almost immediately separates. She gets back with him and they have twin girls, but her family is next to ignored for the rest of the PostScriptSeason.]] In general, Mary Camden seemed never to be allowed to be happy or successful at anything, possibly because of Creator/JessicaBiel rebelling against the show's clean image when posing topless for Gear Magazine.
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** Season 3's "Johnny Get Your Gun", where Eric and Annie tell 7-year-old Ruthie ''she's not allowed to play pretend anymore''...because it might lead to her confusing fantasy with reality, [[InsaneTrollLogic and then killing someone]]. Really.
** Another example would be "Tunes". In the episode, the show attempts to have an equality message about women, though in the process, the message itself becomes muddled because the show also intermixes a "rap music causes misogyny" message in the same episode. In short (for full details, see YMMV page under "Designated Hero"), ''7th Heaven'' states that women should be equal to men, which in itself is a great message, and that hip hop shouldn't be listened because of the message it conveys about how to treat women. However, while an equality message would work if the episode were written better, the message becomes broken ''twice'' over because of the way female characters were written in the past, as well as its rap message. In earlier seasons, Lucy and Mary were depicted as boy crazy, and later became shrill stereotypes of female characters in later seasons (though both were exalted because they were great mothers and wives), while many career women were frequently depicted as selfish, rude, uncaring, and often in the wrong. Additionally, John Hamilton (Matt's then-roommate/friend) calls out a doctor after the latter asked him to simply put rap music on during a surgery, calling it "prejudicial" that the doctor would assume him, being black, would be all for it; Matt also states that people shouldn't listen to hip hop because it causes more ignorance about the plights of women (to be specific, he says "Ignorance is the enemy"). However, that statement becomes cracked because the whole episode is basically an excuse to rip on rap listeners and the hip-hop genre, thus the show becoming prejudicial towards them, and if the writers did their homework, they would know that there are numerous ''female'' rappers and tons of ''women'' who listen to rap music themselves. As a result, the writers come off as both ignorant ''and'' prejudicial towards both women and rap listeners.
** In most episodes, Annie and Eric attempt to teach their kids that they can't get their way because they want to, and have to work towards it. However, at the same time, in numerous instances, both are granted their wishes without much work or in RealLife, wouldn't happen. For example, in "Red Tape", when Annie attempts to return her daughter Mary's (wrecked) sweater to the store, the cashier states the store doesn't offer returns, but after Annie gets angry and tells the woman off for the said policy, the cashier gives a CharacterFilibuster about the decline in American department stores (because of shoplifting and the like). After, Annie realizes her mistake but still asks the cashier for a refund, which she graciously gives her, completely disregarding the store's policy.
** What about how frequently Eric, a ''reverend'', gets involved in police business with their consent, though in RealLife, this would be a big no-no (especially in domestic matters). Really? And the show still promotes that you can't get everything even if you ask for it? Or maybe the {{Aesop}} is that ''kids'' cannot always get what they want, but ''adults'' can.
** A season 9 episode involving poverty and hunger tried to convey the message that "hunger can happen to anyone". However, as a recapper on TelevisionWithoutPity pointed out that the message seems to be that "it's poor people's fault that they are hungry; [[InformedPoverty that despite being well-groomed and owning expensive clothes, hair and skin products, and jewelry, people can still be so poor that they can't afford to eat for days at a time]]; and people only want food because it will improve their social standing or get them good grades." [[http://www.brilliantbutcancelled.com/show/7th-heaven/hungry/14/ This is part of the review]].
* ButtMonkey: Mary went through a period of making bad choices and having lots of bad things happen to her, mostly during Season 4 and 5 but arguably up to the end of the series. Apparently, it was not enough that [[spoiler: she gets hit by a car in the first season's two-part finale, injuring her knee]], but every time her basketball ambitions seem to be taking off, something happens to throw a wrench in the works. She's also portrayed as though basketball is the only thing holding her together, to the point that [[spoiler: when the girls' team vandalizes the gym, Mary is apparently so unable to cope with the aftermath that she ends up hanging out with a wild crowd, bouncing from one dead-end job to the next, and eventually being sent to Buffalo.]] Her relationships have a habit of going down the tubes, too, right up to [[spoiler: her husband Carlos, from whom she almost immediately separates. She gets back with him and they have twin girls, but her family is next to ignored for the rest of the PostScriptSeason.]] In general, Mary Camden seemed never to be allowed to be happy or successful at anything, possibly because of Creator/JessicaBiel rebelling against the show's clean image when posing topless for Gear Magazine.
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* SickbedSmuggling: The first season's ThanksgivingEpisode offers a downplayed and invoked combination of this and a JailBake. Eric's sister Julie, having hit rock bottom due to her drinking, is allowed to detox in the Camden home under his and Annie's guise. In the midst of this, she requests Matt to sneak her in a beer. When he flatly refuses, she [[GetOut angrily kicks him out of the parents' room]] and starts yelling how much she hates him.
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* HalloweenEpisode: The [[SarcasmMode cleverly-titled]] "Halloween" (season 1).
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* HalloweenEpisode: The [[SarcasmMode cleverly-titled]] episode "Halloween" (season 1).in season 1 is set on Halloween, and dedicated to how each member of the family spends it.
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* AcceptableTargets:
** Smokers (several episodes are about how bad it is), to the point where they are portrayed as sociopathic at times.
** Drug users (a recurring subject, also featuring legal drugs if you include the episodes about smoking, alcoholism / underage drinking / DUI, and huffing spray paint).
** Any form of sexuality that isn't within marriage. Many teen pregnancies (Wilson, Corey, Sandy, Frankie, a classmate of Matt, a classmate of Simon, and many other one-episode characters) and otherwise unplanned pregnancies (Julie, Annie herself, subverted with Lucy) were featured, as well as STD scares (including a significant one by major character Simon) to accentuate (over-accentuate, some might argue) the dangers of this.
** Smokers (several episodes are about how bad it is), to the point where they are portrayed as sociopathic at times.
** Drug users (a recurring subject, also featuring legal drugs if you include the episodes about smoking, alcoholism / underage drinking / DUI, and huffing spray paint).
** Any form of sexuality that isn't within marriage. Many teen pregnancies (Wilson, Corey, Sandy, Frankie, a classmate of Matt, a classmate of Simon, and many other one-episode characters) and otherwise unplanned pregnancies (Julie, Annie herself, subverted with Lucy) were featured, as well as STD scares (including a significant one by major character Simon) to accentuate (over-accentuate, some might argue) the dangers of this.
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* OedipusComplex: The reverend has ''issues'' with his militaristic father.
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* SecretPetPlot: Ruthie and Simon have a ferret in one episode; they keep this a secret.
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** See the episode where the parents tell their 7-year-old daughter ''she's not allowed to play pretend anymore''...because it might lead to her confusing fantasy with reality, [[InsaneTrollLogic and then killing someone]]. Really.
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** See the episode Season 3's "Johnny Get Your Gun", where the parents Eric and Annie tell their 7-year-old daughter Ruthie ''she's not allowed to play pretend anymore''...because it might lead to her confusing fantasy with reality, [[InsaneTrollLogic and then killing someone]]. Really.
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* GoodParents: Eric leaned towards being an OverprotectiveDad, and the mom leaned towards being MyBelovedSmother, but they are both loving and supportive Christian parents. They always stuck together as a family no matter how many things their children do wrong...except [[TheUnfavorite Mary]]. Though an Alternative Character Interpretation of Annie, for some viewers, is that she's a potential AbusiveParent instead. [[ParentsAsPeople She's got good intentions]], but some of her punishments (like sending their kids to the garage without any supplies) can be pretty bad.
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* GoodParents: Eric leaned towards being an OverprotectiveDad, overprotective, and the mom leaned towards being MyBelovedSmother, but they are both loving and supportive Christian parents. They always stuck together as a family no matter how many things their children do wrong...except [[TheUnfavorite Mary]]. Though an Alternative Character Interpretation of Annie, for some viewers, is that she's a potential AbusiveParent instead. [[ParentsAsPeople She's got good intentions]], but some of her punishments (like sending their kids to the garage without any supplies) can be pretty bad.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Eric was PapaWolf towards his daughters.
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* MatzoFever: Happens when Matt meets, falls in love with, and secretly marries (all on the first date, no less! Although they hold an "official" marriage later for the sake of the parents) the lovely Sarah Glass. Matt is the eldest child of a reverend, while Sarah is the only child of the extremely doting Rabbi Glass.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Occasionally used as a plot device. An example would be "Consideration" in which ''all'' the news stations in Glenoak seem to have nothing else to do except broadcast Simon's ''low speed'' "chase" through the town.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Occasionally used as a plot device. An example would be "Consideration" in which device.
** In "Consideration", ''all'' the news stations in Glenoak seem to have nothing else to do except broadcast Simon's ''low speed'' "chase" through thetown.town.
** In the very first episode of the show, the family adopts a dog that seems to be (no one ever shows up claiming ownership of it) a stray/abandoned dog at the time. More then a year later, in a Season 02 episode, Simon and this dog appear in a commercial. By sheer coincidence, this commercial, when broadcast on TV, is seen by a girl who was the original owner of the dog, and now, as a result, is claiming ownership of the dog again.
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** In the very first episode of the show, the family adopts a dog that seems to be (no one ever shows up claiming ownership of it) a stray/abandoned dog at the time. More then a year later, in a Season 02 episode, Simon and this dog appear in a commercial. By sheer coincidence, this commercial, when broadcast on TV, is seen by a girl who was the original owner of the dog, and now, as a result, is claiming ownership of the dog again.
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* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: What passed for dialogue was often alternating [[CharacterFilibuster character filibusters]] combined with this trope, in which the characters were analyzing their own and others' emotions ad nauseum
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* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: What passed for dialogue was often alternating [[CharacterFilibuster character filibusters]] combined with this trope, in which the characters were analyzing their own and others' emotions ad nauseumnauseum.
* ThirteenthBirthdayMilestone: In the Season 1 episode "With a Little Help from My Friends", Lucy's 13th birthday is coming up and she wants it to be a day she'll remember by throwing a coed party, but unfortunately, her parents object and declare her too young. To make matters worse, a geeky boy in her school named Dwight, shares a birthday with her and has a simultaneously occurring party on Wednesday. The Camden parents invite Dwight over to the house and decide to have him and Lucy celebrate their birthdays together, which makes Lucy feel embarrassed. However, after a dinner outing with her family, Lucy still has time for Dwight's party and realizes he's really a nice guy after all and Dwight confesses he's in love with her, but Lucy is already taken by Jimmy Moon, though she and Dwight remain friends. The episode ends with Lucy's family giving her a basket of things to get her through her teen years and saying happy birthday to her.
* ThirteenthBirthdayMilestone: In the Season 1 episode "With a Little Help from My Friends", Lucy's 13th birthday is coming up and she wants it to be a day she'll remember by throwing a coed party, but unfortunately, her parents object and declare her too young. To make matters worse, a geeky boy in her school named Dwight, shares a birthday with her and has a simultaneously occurring party on Wednesday. The Camden parents invite Dwight over to the house and decide to have him and Lucy celebrate their birthdays together, which makes Lucy feel embarrassed. However, after a dinner outing with her family, Lucy still has time for Dwight's party and realizes he's really a nice guy after all and Dwight confesses he's in love with her, but Lucy is already taken by Jimmy Moon, though she and Dwight remain friends. The episode ends with Lucy's family giving her a basket of things to get her through her teen years and saying happy birthday to her.
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* PinkElephants: When Eric instists on detoxing his [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] sister Julie at home, she hallucinates that rats walk all over her body. Hallucinations of a scary nature are a known symptom when detoxing from alcohol.
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* AcademicAthlete: Oldest daughter Mary, until mid-way Season 4, is both successful as a basketball player of her school team, and academically successful. This is inverted in a big way come the two-part episode "Sin..." and "...Expiation" of Season 4, when the basketball team are suspended due to their grades slipping, Mary and her friends vandalize the school, and during the rest of Season 4 and 5, a lot of drama ensues surrounding her character, which ultimately results in her being PutOnABus and her becoming TheUnfavorite during the later seasons.[[note]]Character Mary's downfall was probably brought on by the fact that in [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Real Life]], actress Creator/JessicaBiel had posed semi-nude in a magazine, and the shows' creators were ''not amused'' by that.[[/note]]
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* AcademicAthlete: Oldest daughter Mary, until mid-way Season 4, is both successful as a basketball player of her school team, team (so much so that she's about to go to college on a basketball scholarship in Season 04), and academically successful. This is inverted in a big way come the two-part episode "Sin..." and "...Expiation" of Season 4, when the basketball team are suspended due to their grades slipping, Mary and her friends vandalize the school, and during the rest of Season 4 and 5, a lot of drama ensues surrounding her character, which ultimately results in her being PutOnABus and her becoming TheUnfavorite during the later seasons.[[note]]Character Mary's downfall was probably brought on by the fact that in [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Real Life]], actress Creator/JessicaBiel had posed semi-nude in a magazine, and the shows' creators were ''not amused'' by that.[[/note]]
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* {{Retcon}}: Lucy's age. Originally in the show's first season, she starts at the age of 12, before turning 13 halfway through the season. In the second season, however, she jumps to the age of 14, only a couple months after the episode that celebrated her 13th birthday. Granted, Lucy was in the eighth grade in season 1, though probably the writers realized that her age wouldn't match up with her grade.
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* {{Retcon}}: Lucy's age. Originally in the show's first season, she starts at the age of 12, before turning 13 halfway through the season. In the second season, however, she jumps to the age of 14, only a couple months after the episode that celebrated her 13th birthday. Granted, Lucy was in the eighth grade in season 1, though probably the writers realized that her age wouldn't match up with her grade.
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Lucy, at first. By the time she gets through it, Mary is out of hand, and the twins are toddlers. Simon is the middle child at this point, and his own problems promptly begin to mount...
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Lucy, at first. the beginning of the series, is the middle of 5 children and feels very insecure. By the time she gets through it, Mary is out of hand, and third season, the twins are toddlers. Simon is born, making ''Simon'' actually the middle child at this point, and his own problems child--and promptly begin to mount... his {{Wangst}} is played up.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: EnforcedTrope with a "family" show. The worst words the show has ever used were "damn", "hell," and "ass". In the season 5 episode "Tunes", a boy called Lucy a bitch, though he didn't actually ''say'' the word (in fact, it was very vague about he was saying - "Looks like you need a man" being his exact words), though both Lucy and Ruthie quickly figured what he said. For a casual viewer, you wouldn't realize what he actually called her until Annie came to Eric and stated that Lucy was called the "B-word".
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* GoshDangItToHeck: EnforcedTrope with a "family" show. The worst words the show has ever used were "damn", "hell," and "ass". In the season 5 episode "Tunes", a boy called Lucy a bitch, though he didn't actually ''say'' the word (in fact, it was very vague about what he was saying - "Looks like you need a man" being his exact words), words, with the offending word then muted), though both Lucy and Ruthie quickly figured out what he said. For a casual viewer, you wouldn't realize what he actually called her until Annie came to Eric and stated that Lucy was called the "B-word".
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** Drug users (a recurring subject, also featuring legal drugs if you include the episodes about smoking, alcoholism / underage drinking / DUI, and sniffing glue).
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* KarmaHoudini: Michael Towler appears to have never gotten any punishment after striking Mary with his car and driving away from the scene of the crime at the end of season 1. In fact, Mary even has a fling with Michael some seasons later.
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* KarmaHoudini: Michael Towler Towner appears to have never gotten any punishment after striking Mary with his car and driving away from the scene of the crime at the end of season 1. In fact, Mary even has a fling with Michael some seasons later.
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** In season 1, Annie runs into a woman who claims to be the wife of an old friend of Eric's. After learning who it is, Eric tries to apologize to the former classmate, who now is living in Glenoak, after an incident that occurred on Halloween ''32 years earlier'' (when they were 10 years old). The coincidence is that both are from Binghamton, New York yet somehow both end up living in Glenoak by their 40's.
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** In season 1, Annie runs into a woman who claims to be the wife of an old friend of Eric's. After learning who it is, Eric tries to apologize to the former classmate, who now is living in Glenoak, after an incident that occurred on Halloween ''32 years earlier'' (when they were 10 years old). The coincidence is that both are from men grew up together in Binghamton, New York yet somehow both end up living in Glenoak Glenoak, California by their 40's.
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** When TheUnfavorite Mary announces her marriage to Carlos to her family, they talk about it amongst themselves and say the marriage will probably be problematic because Mary and Carlos "are from different backgrounds, languages, religions". Not only is Carlos a man who happens to be from Puerto Rican descent but speaks English perfectly[[note]]Plus, he's turned his life around from being homeless before, and seems to be actually more mentally stable than fickle Mary.[[/note]], but the Camdens never objected to other people of different ethnicities being together before - [[UnfortunateImplications apparently that's o.k. ''as long as it's not '''my''' children''... They also apparently now deem Catholics not Christians]], [[DoubleStandard while other daughter Lucy herself also married a man who was Catholic]].
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** When TheUnfavorite Mary announces her marriage to Carlos to her family, they talk about it amongst themselves and say the marriage will probably be problematic because Mary and Carlos "are from different backgrounds, languages, religions". Not only is Carlos a man who happens to be from Puerto Rican descent but speaks English perfectly[[note]]Plus, he's turned his life around from being homeless before, and seems to be actually more mentally stable than fickle Mary.[[/note]], but the Camdens never objected to other people of different ethnicities being together before - [[UnfortunateImplications apparently that's o.k. ''as long as it's not '''my''' children''... They also apparently now deem Catholics not Christians]], Christians, [[DoubleStandard while other daughter Lucy herself also married a man who was Catholic]].
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope
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** Taken to [[UpToEleven ridiculous extremes]] in the 10th season finale, in which Lucy, Mary, and Matt's wife, Sarah were ''all'' pregnant with twins.
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** Taken to [[UpToEleven ridiculous extremes]] extremes in the 10th season finale, in which Lucy, Mary, and Matt's wife, Sarah were ''all'' pregnant with twins.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Subverted, because Mary and Carlos soon separate after the birth of their son Charlie. Doubly subverted when Mary and Carlos do get back together, and have twin daughters. Taken UpToEleven considering the fact that three siblings (Mary, Lucy and Matt) were ''all expecting twins at the same time'' (though Lucy lost them due to a miscarriage).
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Subverted, because Mary and Carlos soon separate after the birth of their son Charlie. Doubly subverted when Mary and Carlos do get back together, and have twin daughters. Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated considering the fact that three siblings (Mary, Lucy and Matt) were ''all expecting twins at the same time'' (though Lucy lost them due to a miscarriage).
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* AntiAlcoholAesop: Eric's sister Julie is an alcoholic. There are actually a handful of episodes related to her struggle with the bottle, but the one which falls into this is the one where Eric keeps her essentially locked in his house for a weekend to help her get through the worst of the detox symptoms before taking her to rehab the following week. Julie is moody, violent, and cruel as she goes through her withdrawal, and her oldest nephew Matt is particularly left shaken by his interactions with her.
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* AntiAlcoholAesop: AntiAlcoholAesop:
** Eric's sister Julie is an alcoholic. There are actually a handful of episodes related to her struggle with the bottle, but the one which falls into this is the one where Eric keeps her essentially locked in his house for a weekend to help her get through the worst of the detox symptoms before taking her to rehab the following week. Julie is moody, violent, and cruel as she goes through her withdrawal, and her oldest nephew Matt is particularly left shaken by his interactions with her.
** In season 4, Mary goes into a downward spiral where she messes up everything in her life, and this is seemingly started when one evening she drinks one bottle of beer after work and then drives home -- she runs a red light and is stopped by a cop, who then tells her parents of her underage drinking. She later drinks a bottle of beer while babysitting (the baby of the aforementioned aunt Julie, who by now is sober and very anti-alcohol herself), which is the incident that definitely derails the relationship between her and her parents. Things go downhill after that, and the aesop seems to be that it all started with (underage) drinking of alcohol.
** Eric's sister Julie is an alcoholic. There are actually a handful of episodes related to her struggle with the bottle, but the one which falls into this is the one where Eric keeps her essentially locked in his house for a weekend to help her get through the worst of the detox symptoms before taking her to rehab the following week. Julie is moody, violent, and cruel as she goes through her withdrawal, and her oldest nephew Matt is particularly left shaken by his interactions with her.
** In season 4, Mary goes into a downward spiral where she messes up everything in her life, and this is seemingly started when one evening she drinks one bottle of beer after work and then drives home -- she runs a red light and is stopped by a cop, who then tells her parents of her underage drinking. She later drinks a bottle of beer while babysitting (the baby of the aforementioned aunt Julie, who by now is sober and very anti-alcohol herself), which is the incident that definitely derails the relationship between her and her parents. Things go downhill after that, and the aesop seems to be that it all started with (underage) drinking of alcohol.
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* AntiAlcoholAesop: Eric's sister Julie is an alcoholic. There are actually a handful of episodes related to her struggle with the bottle, but the one which falls into this is the one where Eric keeps her essentially locked in his house for a weekend to help her get through the worst of the detox symptoms before taking her to rehab the following week. Julie is moody, violent, and cruel as she goes through her withdrawal, and her oldest nephew Matt is particularly left shaken by his interactions with her.
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* BlameTheParamour: An obnoxious boy flirted with Lucy, which angered his jealous and somewhat unhinged girlfriend. In spite of Lucy insisting that she doesn't like him and that the girl should discuss any issues with her boyfriend, she refuses to listen and keeps threatening (along with her girl posse) to beat Lucy up.
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Outnumbered Sibling is being disambiguated.
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* OutnumberedSibling: The Camdens didn't learn Sam and David's sexes before they were born. While Annie's in the hospital preparing to give birth, Simon goes to its chapel and prays for the twins to be boys, not so much so he's not the only son in the house, but because he wants to have little brothers to teach how to do boy things, the way Matt did for him.
